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A.S. King received the 2022 Margaret A. Edwards Award for “significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.” Karen Jensen, "Teen Librarian Toolbox" blogger, and her daughter, Riley, spoke to King for our June cover story.

Share these titles with the youngest readers to help them ring in the new year. 

"Welcome to one of the more hope-filled, albeit cautious, Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Months in recent history," stated Terry Hong in our May 2022 cover story.

"Wherever K.C. Boyd goes, excellence is bound to follow." So began our profile of Boyd, named the 2022 School Librarian of the Year. 

Austin, TX, illustrator and comic artist Carina Guevara did the honors for our March 2022 issue featuring women's history in graphic novels.

SLJ's reviews editors list their favorite Best Books quotations of 2022.

SLJ book reviews editors list their favorite book covers from the 2022 Best Books.

The winner will be announced during the Youth Media Awards ceremony on January 30.

On this new episode of Author Fan Face-Off, the 2021 Newbery winner goes head-to-head with a young superfan.